[rescue] Tricking DNS

Bill Bradford rescue at sunhelp.org
Mon Oct 22 11:34:45 CDT 2001


On Mon, Oct 22, 2001 at 10:22:46AM -0500, Phil Brutsche wrote:
> >2.  Last time I tried to install it, it kept bitching about no 
> >    key generated , etc - and there was no clear info in the documentation
> >    on *how* to do it
> ??? I've never had to generate a key when I setup bind9.  Well, except 
> for when I got rndc running - it uses TLS to authorize & secure rndc 
> connections, and you need to generate a key for that.

Whats the proper procedure for generating the rndc key and config file?

I've got BIND9 running; I just have to kill/restart it to get it to 
reload zones, etc... so rndc would be nice. 8-)

> >3.  Certainly not "drop-in" upgrade from BIND8.
> It's a 99% compatbile drop-in upgrade.

9.1.3 has gone much nicer than any other BIND9 version I've tried - 
its up, working, (had to fix the TTL on two domains), and now I just need
rndc.

Bill

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Bill Bradford
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